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NUMBER Of KILLINGS
SHOW A DECREASE
Crime Statistics for Quarter Mort
Encouraging.
NOT MANY IN JAIL'
Williams Says Reaction Fro War iE
Spending Force-Talks f Pros
perity and Poverty.
The state board of public welfare,
through its secretary, G. Groft Wil
liams has completed its analyses of
the crime statistics of South Carolina
for the quarter ending March 31.
Those statistics are only approximate
as they are based upon the jail com
mitments. However, in so large a
,number of commitmncts there is a
clear indication as to the character
and amount of crime in the state. The
board has received to (late reports
from all the counties with the ex
ception of Anderson, Calhoun, Green
ville, Marion, Oconee, Pickens and
Richland, 84 per cent. 6f the counties
therefore reported over against 81 per
cent. of the preceding quarter.
"The analyses of crime," says Mr.
Willfams, gives kreassuring results.
The repprt of the preceding guarter
was extremely disheartening. There
was no special reason ,apparent for
the steady advance of crime, so it was
feared that there were resident anti
social forces that were here to oper
ate with deadly vigor until Phey could
he eliminated by the slow' processes
of educating the coming generation.
But the quarter ending March 31
showed a remarkab6l decrease in all
crimes.
"For the first time sfnce the board
has kept statistics on the causes of
commifment the nnumber hQmicides
has gone down," says Mr. Williams.
"During the quarter ending December
31, there were 94 homicides, in the
last quarter there were only 51. It
is still pathetic for us .tq use the word
'only' before the number of 51 per
sons killed In three months in a peace
ful state that boasts itself as free from
other parts of the world. Larceny de
preciated from 504 to 190, gurglary
from 96 to 60, forgery from 32 to 19,
assaults from 139 to 92, violation of
the prohibition law from 245 to 137.
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in all there were 1,097 commitments
against 1,765 of the preceding quar
ter."
"Jail population at the nd of the
quarter was the smallest that it has
been'since March 31, 1915. Perhap
it represents a smaller percentage o
incarceration sto- the population since
the Confederate war. If this kind of
thidk keeps up long jailers Aiave
to seek other fields of employmeit
As they arcf a good set of men Soutl
Carolina has many doors-of opportun
ity swung wide open for them. '
"The diagnosis of causes of crime
is difficult. Before prohibition came
in every advance was attributed to in
toxicants then the country went dry
and South Carolina's crime statistics
mounted up like a thermometer on a
dry August day. Prohibition can not
be charged with this disconcerting
fact, for no one would be So bold as
to claim that intoxicants are creators
of virtue and that the bar room or
dispensary were engines of uplift.
Doubtless the real 'cause of the' ad
vance of crime was the reaction from
the war, which reaction is slowly
spending its force. From other parts
of tle country reports show that crime
and poverty are rapidly diminishing.
With the gencral prosperity of our
country, with national and state afl
fairs in a better condition than in any
other part of the world, and with a
bright outlook for further progress in
both physical and spiritual achieve
ments there is no reason why both
ciime and poverty and all other at
tending woes could not be banished
from amongst us."
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HOW TO CARE FOR HEN
THAT HAS BECOME BROODY
When hens become broody, they
should be "broken up" quickly as pos
sible, for the sooner this is done the
sooner they will resume laying. To
break a hen of broodiness she should
be confined to a small coop raised off
the ground, preferably with a slat
bottom. Givb her plenty of water to
drink; she may be fed or not, as de
sired. Not mugh difference will be
found in the time required to break
her of broodiness, whether she is fed
or made to fast, United States De.
partment of Agriculture poultry
specialists say. Usually from 3 to 6
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some aez require 10'to 12 its.
The roody hein -will be recognized
by her lnclinatiori to -stay on the iiest
at night, the ruffling of her feathers
and her picking at iny.one who ap
pyoaches her, and by the' clucking
noise she makes. The' fact that her
broodiness. hqs been ,broken up cin
be recognizeA by the disappearance
of these symptoms.
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DEPTH OF CORN CULTIVATION
Many comptirative experiments of
deep 'and shallow cultivation have
been made, and on the whole the re
sults are in favor of shallow cultiva
tion, say specialists of the .United
States Department of Agriculture.
-The occasions when deep cultivation
is preferable are few. If. excessive
rains have packed the soil and kept
it water soaked, deep cultivation will
help to dry and aerate it. -Breaking
the roots of the plants must be avoid
ed so far as possible. - If rqots are
broken the plhnts will rapidly produce
other roots, but it )will be at the ex
pense of vitality and the food supply.
After the plants have reached a
height of 2 or 3 feet', the soil even
in the mit'dle of the rows should not
be cultivated deeper than 4 incies, and
usually a shallower cultivation will
prove better. A loose soil mulch 2 or
3 inches in thickness snould be main
tained. It retains soil moisture and
facilitates the penetration .of rainfall.
TWELVE PERSONS WOUNDED
Montevideo, Uruguay, May 1.
Twelve persons were wounded by ie
volver shots in a fight between the
police and 500 workers d iring the
May lay demonstrations. The shooting
began when the police intervened to
stop workers from attacking street
cars.
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SPANISH GENERAL DIES.
Madrid, May 2.-Gen. Francisco de
Asis Cirujeda, who attracted atten
tion by killing the Cuban Gen. Maceo,
during the Spanish-American, war is
dead. Since the war in Cuba) Gen.
Cirujeda has been aide to King Al
fonso. le was sixty-seven years of
age.
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street shades for spring
re in both plain and
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